Gasoline clarifier and purifier



. F. v. Ross. v GASOLINE CLARIFIER AND PUHIFIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. i922.

1,437,153. Patented Nov. .2s1922.,

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FIV. ROSS.

GASOLINE ACLIIRIFIISR AND PURIFIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3| |922.

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BY i E A i E v ATToRNEY This invention; relates to Patented Nov. 28,1922.

-UNITED STATES "PATENT- OFFICB FRAN-xiv. Ross, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,AssIGNoa'ro r. ivi. Bownns AND soN COMPANY, orA INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ACORPORATION.v

GASOLINE CLARIFIERIAND PRIFIER.

Application led May 8, 1922.' Serial No. 559,195.

T0 all 'whom z't may concer/1i.'

Be it known that L'FnANK V. Ross, Va

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, vcountyof Marion, and

fier; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the. accompanyingdrawings, `in which like numerals refer to like parts. i

a machine for lclarifying and purifying gasoline used in the cleaning ofgarments,vvhereby ther usedgasoline mayl'beclaried Vandpiirified by4vrunning vthe same through said machine to be reclaimed for use.

The mainfeature 'of the invention lies in the arrangement andycombination ofv parts,

rangement of the filter chamber and baffle plates `contained ythereinfor filtering the gasoline as it passes through the machine.

Still another feature of the invention-re sides in the means for rinsingthe gasoline by passing the saine through Water and the separating -tankfor rseparating thel Water therefrom.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims. v

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the assembly of themachine. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through lthe varioustanks and compartments of the rator tank. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection' through the separator tank. Fig. 6 is a section taken on theline 6 6 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings there is shown a gasoline clarifier and purifiercomprising an angle iron supporting frame provided with standards 10,cross pieces 11 and angularly disposed cross pieces 13. Mounted on thetop of said frame, there is a supply or delivery tank 14 into whichgasoline which has'been used for cleansing garments or the like ispumped through the inlet 15. Said tank is provided withl a topopening 16which is closed by a cover 17, and contains an indi-f cator 18 securedto a float Within said tank for indicatingthe level of the liquidtherein. The gasoiine .passes from said delivery tank through a pipe 19and the control valve 2O to the bottom of the endv of the inclinedfilter chamber 21. u Y.

nMounted above the filterI chamber `21, there is amixing tank 22v having.an opening With a lid -.23 inl which the caustic .soda filteringsolution is contained.` The solution passes'throughthe `pipe 123 fromthe bottom :of said tank, andthe valve24 to the filtervl chamber 21, sovthat said chamber is constantly filled with a caustic soda solution.

The filteringl chamber is provided With a` plurality of baiiie plates 25which extend transversely thereof at anv angle, as shown in Fig. 3.ySaid baffle plates extend from the top of .said chamber to kthe bottomedge thereof, but are spaced from the bottom of the sump 26, as shown inFig.l 6. The bafile plates 25 are arranged so that adjacent plates aredisposed at an angleto each other, asshown in Fig. 3, and are providednear ltheir upper'edge vwith a single port 27 through whichy thegasoline may pass. This arrangement causes the gasoline to pass through`the caustic soda contained therein j for an appreciable distance, sinceit must go back and forth across the chamber in order to pass throughsaid plates, as lindicated by the arrows in 6. The sump portion 26 isfree of obstruction to permit the sediment filtered and precipitatedfrom the gasoline to freely pass down to the drain-cock 28. Inasmuch asthe purification of the gasoline is increased in proportion to thedistance of its travel through the caustic soda solution, the tank 21has been arranged to cause the gasoline to travel at a maximum distancetherethrough.

After the gasoline has passed through the filter chamber, it enters thesettling tank 29 through a plurality of ports 30 opening through theWall 31, separating said settling tank from said filter chamber. As thegasoline slowly rises in said tank, it precipitates the foreign matteror impurities which have been separated therefrom in the filter chamber,which impurities fall to the bottom and settle in the sump 26. The upperportion of thev settling tank is provided r1With the usual gage 32 andair vent 33. The upper 'portion thereof is connected with the dischargepipe 34 which also has a connection midway of. its ends and a connection36 atthe bottom, so that the topA portion of the purified gasoline maybe drawn oil' at leads portion ofthe" settling tank and passing throughthe pipe 34 enters the lowerof' the water rinsing chamber`37 W 1ch 1smaintained substantially half full `of water `through which the gasolinemust pass and heiwashed.' In said chamber. there is profniidedzabaileplate` about which the gasolme Lmust-pass andzfrlow the length `of saidv chamber. andi'lback. again.

',liter lthe gasoline has been thoroughly Washed, it is taken ofi`through the pipe'39 kwhich oonnectswith V,the 'water separating Itank-40, said tank being provided `with a plurality of `partitions 451extending 4verticallyzand longitudinally Ithlireot, as shown --in `4`'and I45. "The ywater level 42 is maintained substantially at a level`of the "watendain-, and any water contained in thefg'asoiline afterpassing-through the water Arinsing*chamber '37 precipitate intheseparating :tank `passing funder the partitions 4l, yas shown bythe4arrow in -F-ig. 4, vinto'ethe compartmentA; Thegasoline will then vpassthrough the port'fl `in the upper Apontiomof-'onefof thevpartitions 41,passing 'into the compartment 46 and out `through 'the Pipe '4,5150 0h@lmderground' storage tank Leibereused.y l

Thelinventionclaim is d e In a Agasoline"purifier andfclarfier, thecombination `Witha supporting frame, and a ":deliveryftanh of aninclined filter chamber r mounted at'the bottom thereo'an inlet pi e,connected jwith the lowerxend of said fil er chamber, a vertically:extending settling ltank `mounted Awith Ythe `bottom end' adjacent theappel-end of said filter chamber and having its topy below the bottom ofsaid delivery tank, and means for drawing gasoline there from for reusein. garment cleaning.

"In a; gasoline purifier and clarifier, the

mounted at'the bottom thereof, an inlet pipe 'connected withpthe lowerend of said filter vpasses 'hefone being discharged therefrom.

i 3.111 a gasoline purifier and clarifier, the

ycombination with 'a'suppo'rting frame, and a y deliyery tank, of aninclined filter rchamber combination with asupportingxframe, and adelivery tank, of an inclined Afilterchamber chamber,4auveatically,,extending settling tank upper-.end of said filter chamberfand'having its top below the bottom of said delivery tank, afwater'rinsing chamber below said 'settling tank into which the, gasoline isdischarged, :said ,tank "being provided with a. 1 Ibaflleplate aboutwhich :the gasoline passes :before beingidischarged therefrom, :and alwater separating tank adj'acentto--Said` rinsing gchamber into' 'whichthe gasoline" passes therefrom for` separatingfany waterV carried fby.said :gasoline therefrom, substantially as describe t v 1n lwitnesswhereof, I` have hereunto aflixed my signature.

' .,/ERAK Ross.`

mounted at the bottom thereoaninlet ipe t fonnectedf'with thelowerend ofsaid Iter fmounted: with' fthefbottoniend. adjacent `the

